The holiday has been started, you love to check your e-mail, Facebook or WhatsApp at your holiday location but can you trust the provided Wi-Fi-connection? The answer is: NO. Never trust these kind of Wi-Fi-networks. Maybe somebody has set up a wireless access point (AP)/WLAN-hotspot with the same name as the access point of your… Continue reading Public WiFi-hotspots and sensitive information, a good combination?
Cisco type 8 and 9 password hashes calculated using Java
In this article I will discuss three types of algorithms used by Cisco to calculate hashes from plain-text passwords, namely: Type 4, Type 5, Type 8 and Type 9. Back in the year 2013, the Type 4 algorithm was proven insecure because of an implementation error. The algorithm does not use PBKDF2 and does not… Continue reading Cisco type 8 and 9 password hashes calculated using Java
Weekend in Monschau
The last weekend of May we went with a group of 7 people (30-ers) to Monschau. This group is a group of friends who know each other since they studied together in Nijmegen (The Netherlands). After a long searching exercise for a good location to stay in the Eifel, I found this pearl called ‘Haus… Continue reading Weekend in Monschau
Embedded linux op Asus WL-HDD
Heb je nog ergens een Asus WL-HDD (wireless harddisk drive) liggen of heb je er juist één gekocht voor een paar tientjes op Ebay of Marktplaats om ermee te experimenteren? Lees dit artikel dan zodat je weet hoe je embedded Linux in de vorm van OpenWrt op dit apparaatje plaatst en vervolgens de WL-HDD in… Continue reading Embedded linux op Asus WL-HDD